Friday

WEST SALEM, Wis. — Dave Darland scored a wire-to-wire victory Friday night capturing the 30-lap Mopar USAC National Midget Championship feature at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway. The event was the opening round of the four-race Midget Maynia Tour.
Darland got the jump on the start to lead polesitter Tracy Hines to the line  to complete the opening lap. Darland was continuously pressured by Hines and Bobby East for the first 10 circuits. At the midway point Darland led Hines, East, fast-qualifier Kody Swanson and Shane Hmiel as the top five pulled away from the remainder of the field.
Darland’s teammate, Swanson, moved into third position on the 18th lap, and two laps later passed Hines for second place. Swanson tried several different grooves and approaches on Darland for the lead over the final 10 laps, but none were successful.
Darland, driving the Nine Racing/Toyota-Oakley-sponsored Beast/Toyota No. 9, edged Swanson by a half-car length at the finish in a caution-free event. Hines, who took over the series point lead, finished third, with Hmiel and Brad Sweet completing the top five.
The victory was Darland’s 27th career, series, feature victory, moving him into an 11th-place tie with Gary Bettenhausen and Tony Stewart on the all-time feature victory list. 
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Kody Swanson, Nine Racing 19, 18.177; 2. Shane Hmiel, DMS 21d, 18.190; 3. Bobby East, Klatt 4, 18.218; 4. Jerry Coons, Jr., Wilke-Pak 11, 18.258; 5. Dave Darland, Nine Racing 9, 18.303; 6. Brent Beauchamp, Beauchamp 112, 18.328; 7. Tracy Hines, Stewart 21, 18.341; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, C & A 7a, 18.369; 9. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 18.380; 10. Brad Sweet, Kahne 49, 18.404; 11. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 18.430; 12. Evan Margeson, Margeson 50, 18.439; 13. Stephanie Mockler, East 6, 18.458; 14. Mark Atkinson, Atkinson 23, 18.481; 15. Ron Gregory, RFMS 32, 18.492; 16. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 18.492; 17. Cole Whitt, Kunz 71, 18.511; 18. Brad Kuhn, Mentgen 07, 18.515; 19. Ricky Ehrgott, REV 1 8, 18.571; 20. Zach Schiff, East 5, 18.635; 21. Brian Olson, Olson 77, 18.637; 22. Brad Loyet, Loyet 05s, 18.664; 23. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 18.688; 24. Dallas Melby, Melby 51, 18.695; 25. Mario Marietta, Marietta 85, 18.733; 26. Adam Kramer, Kramer 2, 18.762; 27. Chase Barber, Barber 90, 18.827; 28. Chad Boat, Boat 30, 18.857; 29. Bradley Galedrige, Galedrige 29, 19.023; 30. Ben Petter, Petter 22, 19.127; 31. Slade Miller, Miller 16, 19.181; 32. David Byrne, Byrne 20d, 19.208; 33. Caitlin Shaw, Shaw 89, 19.241; 34. Mario Clouser, Clouser 06, 19.276; 35. Mike Murgoitio, Murgoitio 10, no time.
First Heat (10 laps): Marietta, Galedrige, Whitt, Olson, Bacon, Swanson, Darland, Mockler, Shaw.
Second Heat (10 laps): Hmiel, Kuhn, Kramer, Sweet, Atkinson, Petter, Beauchamp, Clouser, Loyet.
Third Heat (10 laps): Ehrgott, Hagen, Gregory, East, Jones, Hines, Barber, Miller, Murgoitio.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Melby, Windom, Boat, Margeson, Schiff, Armstrong, Coons, Byrne.
Semi (12 laps): Swanson, Hines, Darland, Coons, Bacon, Jones, Armstrong, Atkinson, Petter, Mockler, Barber, Schiff, Loyet, Shaw, Clouser, Miller, Beauchamp.
Feature (30 laps): Darland, Swanson, Hines, Hmiel, Sweet, East, Coons, Bacon, Margeson, Hagen, Windom, Whitt, Melby, Ehrgott, Olson, Kuhn, Marietta, Gregory, Boat, Jones, Kramer, Galedrige.

Saturday

SLINGER, Wis. — California’s Bradley Galedrige won the 2nd-annual Kubota Stan Fox Classic, Mopar USAC National Midget Car Championship feature, Saturday night at Slinger Speedway. The event was the second ever for USAC at the track, and the first midget race run at the facility since 1989.

FIRST TIMER: Bradley Galedrige enjoys victory lane at Slinger (Wis.) Superspeedway on Saturday. (Mark Funderburk Photo)

Four cautions during the first 24 laps kept the field tightly bunched with Galedrige easily leading the field after each restart. Chad Boat closed to Galedrige’s rear bumper at the completion of lap 30. Galedrige began to encounter lapped traffic on the 38th circuit. The lapped traffic slowed Galedrige’s pace, while Boat made several attempts to pass for the lead. The remainder of the top five also closed down on the pair.
Galedrige, driving the Alfred Galedrige, Sr.-owned Gerhardt Mopar No. 29, finally cleared the lapped cars with three laps remaining and scored a three-car length victory over Boat, point-leader Tracy Hines, Bobby East and Kody Swanson.
Earlier in the evening, during qualifications, Hines turned a lap of 10.845 seconds around the high-banked quarter-mile paved oval,  establishing a new world record for a midget race car on a quarter-mile track. Jason Leffler held the previous mark of 11.406 seconds set June 17, 1998 at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Tracy Hines, Stewart 21, 10.845; 2. Brent Beauchamp, Beauchamp 112, 10.851; 3. Bobby East, Klatt 4, 10.930; 4. Chad Boat, Boat 30, 10.947; 5. Dakoda Armstrong, C & A 7, 10.951; 6. Ron Gregory, RFMS 32, 10.953; 7. Bradley Galedrige, Galedrige 29, 10.974; 8. Kody Swanson, Nine Racing 19, 10.976; 9. Shane Hmiel, DMS 21d, 10.984; 10. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 10.984; 11. Cole Whitt, Kunz 71, 10.987; 12. Brad Sweet, Kahne 49, 10.993; 13. Mark Atkinson, Atkinson 23, 11.018; 14. Zach Shiff, East 5, 11.021; 15. Brad Kuhn, Mentgen 07, 11.036; 16. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 11.036; 17. Ricky Ehrgott, Rev1 8, 11.077; 18. Mario Clouser, Clouser 06, 11.110; 19. Brian Olson, Olson 77, 11.121; 20. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 11.123; 21. Dave Darland, Nine Racing 9, 11.145; 22. Mike Murgoitio, Murgoitio 10, 11.154; 23. Brad Loyet, Loyet 05s, 11.176; 24. Mario Marietta, Marietta 85, 11.196; 25. Chase Barber, Barber 90, 11.301; 26. Evan Margeson, Margeson 50, 11.343; 27. Jerry Coons, Jr., Wilke 11, 11.368; 28. Stephanie Mockler, East 6, 11.394; 29. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 11.396; 30. Ben Petter, Petter 22, 11.435; 31. Slade Miller, Miller 16, 11.468; 32. Dallas Melby, Melby 51, 11.535; 33. Adam Kramer, Kramer 2, 11.575; 34. Jim Anderson, Guess 36, 11.656; 35. Caitlin Shaw, Shaw 89, 11.853; 36. Tom Schnabel, Schnabel 20s, 12.002.
First Heat (10 laps): Windom, Barber, Darland, Atkinson, Hmiel, Ehrgott, Hines, Armstrong, Kramer.
Second Heat (10 laps): Margeson, Murgoitio, Bacon, Petter, Beauchamp, Schiff, Gregory, Clouser, Anderson.
Third Heat (10 laps): Whitt, Loyet, Galedrige, Shaw, Miller, Olson, Kuhn, Coons.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Hagen, Marietta, Jones, Mockler, Swanson, Sweet, Boat, Melby, Schnabel.
Semi (12 laps): Hines, Beauchamp, East, Gregory, Swanson, Boat, Schiff, Kuhn, Sweet, Clouser, Olson, Coons, Ehrgott, Miller, Kramer, Anderson, Melby, Armstrong, Hmiel, Schnabel.
Feature (50 laps): Galedrige, Boat, Hines, East, Swanson, Whitt, Murgoitio, Hagen, Darland, Beauchamp, Jones, Loyet, Marietta, Bacon, Barber, Margeson, Windom, Mockler, Sweet, Shaw, Petter, Coons, Gregory, Atkinson. 

Sunday

LOVES PARK, Ill. — Brian Olson captured his first-career Mopar USAC National Midget Championship feature Sunday afternoon at Rockford Speedway.

Brian Olson (77) fights off Bobby East en route to Olson's first USAC victory Sunday at Rockford (Ill.) Speedway. (Mark Funderburk Photo)

Olson drove the Olson Brothers Excavating-Pro-Vac Clean Systems-Beast-Ford-Esslinger No. 77. The event was the third round of the Midget Maynia Tour.
Olson jumped into the lead at the start, while attention focused on fast-qualifier Kody Swanson, who moved from sixth-starting position into the runner-up slot on lap 12. Swanson came within inches of leading the 16th lap at the start-finish line, but Olson held the top position. Olson, Swanson, Bobby East and Dakoda Armstrong pulled away from the remainder of the field and enjoyed a cushion at the midway point of the event.
The event’s third caution flag appeared for a two-car accident on the 34th lap. On the restart, Swanson made several attempts to pass Olson. The running order changed with 12 laps remaining when both East and Armstrong passed Swanson. With East glued to Olson’s rear bumper, the 25-year old from Puyallup, Wash., was perfect during the final 10 laps to score a one-car-length victory over East.
Armstrong, Swanson and Chad Boat completed the top five.
It was the first appearance for the series at the track since Aug. 29, 1979.
Tracy Hines holds a 17-point lead over East heading into the 63rd-annual Toyota Challenge Night Before the 500 at O’Reilly Raceway Park Saturday night.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Kody Swanson, Lewis 19, 12.189; 2. Chad Boat, Boat 30, 12.204; 3. Brad Loyet, Loyet 05s, 12.220; 4. Bobby East, Klatt 4, 12.242; 5. Dakoda Armstrong, C&A 7a, 12.276; 6. Brian Olson, Olson 77, 12.277; 7. Brad Kuhn, Mentgen 07, 12.278; 8. Bradley Galedrige, Galedrige 29, 12.290; 9. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99x, 12.295; 10. Ricky Ehrgott, Rev1 8, 12.324; 11. Tracy Hines, Stewart 21, 12.327; 12. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 12.356; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., Wilke 11, 12.360; 14. Mike Murgoitio, Murgoitio 10, 12.375; 15. Evan Margeson, Margeson 50, 12.379; 16. Zach Schiff, East 5, 12.394; 17. Mario Clouser, Clouser 06, 12.395; 18. Brent Beauchamp, Beauchamp 112, 12.398; 19. Ron Gregory, RFMS 32, 12.405; 20. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 12.407; 21. Slade Miller, Miller 16, 12.408; 22. Cole Whitt, Kunz 71, 12.432; 23. Mario Marietta, Marietta 85, 12.455; 24. Stephanie Mockler, East 6, 12.489; 25. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 12.504; 26. David Byrne, Byrne 20d, 12.523; 27. Brad Sweet, Kahne 49, 12.564; 28. Dave Darland, Lewis 9,  12.628; 29. Jim Anderson, Anderson 36, 12.648; 30. Ben Petter, Petter 22, 12.752; 31. Dallas Melby, Melby 51, 12.774; 32. Davey Ray, Ray 33, 12.802; 33. Caitlin Shaw, Shaw 89, 13.024; 34. Terry Ahern, Ahern 4t, 13.283; 35. Tom Schnabel, Schnabel 20s, 13.352.
First Heat (10 laps): Coons, Hagen, Swanson, Clouser, Shaw, Bacon, Anderson, Miller, Armstrong.
Second Heat (10 laps): Whitt, Beauchamp, Boat, Murgoitio, Olson, Petter, Ehrgott, Byrne, Ahern.
Third Heat (10 laps): Gregory, Kuhn, Margeson, Marietta, Melby, Hines, Sweet, Schnabel, Loyet.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Schiff, Windom, Jones, East, Ray, Darland, Galedrige.
Semi (10 laps): Loyet, Olson, Galedrige, Bacon, Darland, Armstrong, Sweet, Ehrgott, Melby, Hines, Petter, Ahern, Schnabel, Byrne, Anderson, Miller, Shaw.
Feature (50 laps): Olson, East, Armstrong, Swanson, Boat, Jones, Loyet, Galedrige, Bacon, Coons, Margeson, Hines, Gregory, Darland, Sweet, Hagen, Whitt, Beauchamp, Windom, Marietta, Kuhn, Schiff, Clouser, Murgoitio.